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[Ultrasonic study in the diagnosis of developmental defects and diseases of the urinary system in children]
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Pediatric echography (ultrasound) is a safe and informative tool for diagnosing urinary tract issues in children. It offers a radiation-free alternative to traditional methods, improving outpatient care and reducing hospitalizations.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Medical Ultrasound
Background:
- Echography is a leading medical examination method, yet underutilized in pediatrics.
- Urinary organ diseases and developmental anomalies are common in children.
- Current diagnostic methods may involve radiation and hospitalization.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review practical experience with pediatric urinary organ echography.
- To highlight echography's role in screening children with abnormal urinalysis.
- To demonstrate echography's advantages in managing pediatric urological conditions.
Main Methods:
- Generalization of practical experience in ultrasonic examination of pediatric urinary organs.
- Application of echography as a screening tool in outpatient settings.
- Assessment of echography's utility in children with various urological conditions.
Main Results:
- Echography is highly informative and safe for diagnosing pediatric urinary organ anomalies and diseases.
- Echography proves effective as a screening test for children with abnormal urinalysis.
- The method is advantageous for combined anomalies and post-treatment follow-up.
Conclusions:
- Echography offers a safe, non-injurious, and informative diagnostic approach for pediatric urology.
- Outpatient echography can replace traditional radiourological examinations, avoiding radiation exposure.
- Implementing echography leads to significant therapeutic and economic benefits by reducing hospitalization and radiation load.
Abstract:
Echography has recently become one of the leading methods of examination in different branches of medicine. Despite its high informativeness, however, it is not used widely in pediatrics. The article generalizes the practical experience accumulated in ultrasonic examination of urinary organs in children with developmental anomalies and diseases of the kidneys, ureters, urolithiasis, and Wilms' tumor. Besides, the possibility of echography as a screening test in outpatient examination of children with changed values of urinalysis is shown for the first time in pediatric practice. The authors describe the advantages of the method in combined developmental anomalies and regular medical examination of patients after various methods of treatment. They emphasize its merits (absolute safety, no injurious effect, high informativeness, the possibility of performing it in children who are in a grave condition, its extensive use under outpatient conditions, etc.). It is shown the ultrasonic examination in outpatient clinics makes it possible to divert from the traditional plan of radiourological examination of children, which includes excretory urography performed in children in inpatient clinics as a rule. It is obvious that the use of echography as a diagnostic test will make it possible to exclude the radiation load which is most harmful for the growing and developing organism and will not require mass hospitalization, which will undoubtedly have a high therapeutic and economical effect.